“You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love... the love that speaks the Language of the World.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“That was what made travelling appeal to him - he always made new friends,and he didn't need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life.And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be,the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives,but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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